Patents by Inventor Dieter W. Vook

Dieter W. Vook has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11791564
    Abstract: A system tests a device under test (DUT) that includes an antenna. The system includes a probe antenna, a network emulator, and a near-field antenna. The probe antenna measures beam characteristics of a beam-locked beam emitted over the air by the antenna of the DUT as the DUT is moved relative to the probe antenna during testing of the DUT. The network emulator emulates a base station of a communications network in communications with the DUT. The near-field antenna maintains a call link between the network emulator and the DUT using surface waves between the near-field antenna and the DUT as the DUT is moved relative to the probe antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Lee, Dieter W. Vook
  • Patent number: 11686814
    Abstract: An apparatus is for generating an emulated radar reflection signal of a target. The apparatus includes a radar detector configured to detect a radar signal frame emitted by a device under test (DUT), an emulation transmitter configured to generate an emulated radar reflection signal of a target being emulated, and a processor configured to generate control signals which control the emulation transmitter according to at least one characteristic of the target being emulated. The processor is further configured to determine a current radar parameter among plural possible radar parameters of the radar signal frame of the DUT, and to adapt the control signals which control the emulation transmitter according to the determined current radar parameter of the radar signal frame of the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dieter W. Vook, Todd Steven Marshall, Jefferson B. Burch, Gregory S. Lee
  • Patent number: 11555887
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating a trigger signal from a radar signal received over the air from a radar under test. The method includes detecting power of the radar signal received from the radar under test at a radio frequency (RF) power detector, the radar signal including multiple bursts of RF energy in a burst pattern; identifying repeating radar frames from the burst pattern using the detected power of the radar signal, each radar frame having at least one burst; and creating trigger signals corresponding to the radar frames, respectively, by synchronizing to the at least one burst in each radar frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter W. Vook, Paul L. Corredoura, Gregory S. Lee, Jefferson B. Burch
  • Publication number: 20220397661
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for generating a trigger signal from a radar signal received over the air from a radar under test. The method includes detecting power of the radar signal received from the radar under test at a radio frequency (RF) power detector, the radar signal including multiple bursts of RF energy in a burst pattern; identifying repeating radar frames from the burst pattern using the detected power of the radar signal, each radar frame having at least one burst; and creating trigger signals corresponding to the radar frames, respectively, by synchronizing to the at least one burst in each radar frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter W. Vook, Paul L. Corredoura, Gregory S. Lee, Jefferson B. Burch
  • Publication number: 20220179043
    Abstract: An apparatus is for generating an emulated radar reflection signal of a target. The apparatus includes a radar detector configured to detect a radar signal frame emitted by a device under test (DUT), an emulation transmitter configured to generate an emulated radar reflection signal of a target being emulated, and a processor configured to generate control signals which control the emulation transmitter according to at least one characteristic of the target being emulated. The processor is further configured to determine a current radar parameter among plural possible radar parameters of the radar signal frame of the DUT, and to adapt the control signals which control the emulation transmitter according to the determined current radar parameter of the radar signal frame of the DUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter W. Vook, Todd Steven Marshall, Jefferson B. Burch, Gregory S. Lee
  • Patent number: 11228078
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electrical connector. The electrical connector is configured to electrically couple a signal transmission line to another signal transmission line. The electrical connector includes a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor. The first electrical conductor is disposed around a center axis. The first electrical conductor is disposed azimuthally symmetric around the center axis. The second electrical conductor is disposed around the center axis and around the first electrical conductor. The second electrical conductor is disposed azimuthally symmetric around the center axis. Faces on opposing ends of the electrical connector along the center axis are configured to mate the signal transmission line and the second electrical conductor in a first plane and the other signal transmission line and the second electrical conductor in a second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter W. Vook, Douglas Baney, Khouzema Unchwaniwala, Matthew Richter
  • Publication number: 20210265742
    Abstract: A system tests a device under test (DUT) that includes an antenna. The system includes a probe antenna, a network emulator, and a near-field antenna. The probe antenna measures beam characteristics of a beam-locked beam emitted over the air by the antenna of the DUT as the DUT is moved relative to the probe antenna during testing of the DUT. The network emulator emulates a base station of a communications network in communications with the DUT. The near-field antenna maintains a call link between the network emulator and the DUT using surface waves between the near-field antenna and the DUT as the DUT is moved relative to the probe antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory S. Lee, Dieter W. Vook
  • Publication number: 20200280118
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electrical connector. The electrical connector is configured to electrically couple a signal transmission line to another signal transmission line. The electrical connector includes a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor. The first electrical conductor is disposed around a center axis. The first electrical conductor is disposed azimuthally symmetric around the center axis. The second electrical conductor is disposed around the center axis and around the first electrical conductor. The second electrical conductor is disposed azimuthally symmetric around the center axis. Faces on opposing ends of the electrical connector along the center axis are configured to mate the signal transmission line and the second electrical conductor in a first plane and the other signal transmission line and the second electrical conductor in a second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Dieter W. Vook, Douglas Baney, Khouzema Unchwaniwala, Matthew Richter